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Genealogy in This CountyThere may be unrelated familiesscend directly from one of the! three Blue brothers (Uriah, Michael and John) who emigrated from Holland to New Jersey.By 1725, they had moved to Vir ; ginia (now West Virginia) and settled near Romney and Shepherds-town—the first settlers there.John Blue, the American progenitor of the Van Wert Countians. I was born in Holland in 1713 and ' died in West Virginia in 1791. At least three of his sons served in the American Revolution, later set*! tling in southwestern Ohio. i (One of them, Uriah Blue, was! — born in Hampshire County, West Va., August 8. 1752, and died in / Ohio in 1817 where he was buried \ on his own farm. IUriah's granddaughter married Andrew Ralston. .Among the allied families are Swick, Hittle, Buschor, Coon, andBy Beryl Pepple MonroeBl.l'E’ in this area.The Andrew Ralston family de-Moreo.fllt;I? 1
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Van Wert Times Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio, US
Sat, May 28, 1960
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